I'm 82 years old, wherever I go everybody knows me, but here's why... I'm a merchandiser, I'm not just a writer, I stay in every avenue you can think of.
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My father was Catholic, my mother was Protestant, and because of that I got Christened in both churches, so I've got all these names... but my Dad always called me Mick.Mickey Spillane
Nobody reads a mystery to get to the middle. They read it to get to the end. If it's a letdown, they won't buy anymore. The first page sells that book. The last page sells your next book.
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I try to stay in good physical shape, I don't smoke, I don't drink.
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Authors want their names down in history; I want to keep the smoke coming out of the chimney.
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Now I'm not an author, I'm a writer, that's all I am.
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But at my age, you start to get tired.
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